Barnes & Noble Inc. on Thursday cautioned investors that it could reduce its earnings guidance by up to 10%, citing higher spending on advertising and promotions. At the same time, the book retailer said comparable sales during the holiday season, the period between Black Friday and New Year’s Day, rose 4%. For the nine weeks that ended Dec. 29, comparable sales rose 1.3%.

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Barnes & Noble Inc. shares dropped 4.2% in Thursday premarket trading after the bookseller said earnings guidance could be slashed as much as 10% due to advertising spending and promotional activity. The FactSet guidance is for third-quarter earnings of $1.17 per share. Last year the company reported EPS of 97 cents. Barnes & Noble is scheduled to announce earnings on Feb. 28. The company reported a same-store sales increase of 4% between Black Friday and New Year's Day, and increased 1.3% for the nine-week holiday period ending Dec. 29. Barnes & Noble said this was the best same-store sales performance "in several years." Barnes & Noble shares have gained 42.5% over the last year while the S&P 500 index has slumped 6% for the period.

#MeToo scandals this year were faced by Wynn Resorts, Lululemon and Barnes & Noble. Companies developed different ways to handle their #MeToo mea culpas. The #MeToo movement that started 2018 forced companies across the U.S. to deal publicly with the historically private issue of sexual harassment.

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Did you grow up reading memoirs about persecuted illegal aliens, morality plays with 3-year-old vegan protagonists, and autobiographies of liberal Supreme Court justices? Neither did I. But such children’s fare may be on offer at your local bookstore. Just as many of us try to inflict our sporting allegiances on our children—ask my 9- and 11-year-old sons how fun it is to root for the Buffalo Bills—so do we foist our political views on them.

Barnes & Noble Inc. has put out its list of "best books of 2018," which includes "Becoming," Michelle Obama's memoir, and "Barracoon: The Story of the Last 'Black Cargo'," by Zora Neale Hurston. The list comes about a week after the bookseller pushed out its list of "best gifts," which only included one book. Others on the "best books" list include "Fire & Blood" by George R.R. Martin, the author of the books that the hit series "Game of Thrones" is based on, and "Unsheltered" by Barbara Kingsolver. Barnes & Noble has also released "best" lists in other categories including young adult and best history and current affairs. Barnes & Noble shares have gained nearly 5% for the year to date while the S&P 500 index has slipped 1.4% for the period.

Barnes & Noble’s list of 20 top holiday gifts in five categories includes several types of socks, some mittens, Mickey Mouse speakers and a Buddha board, but only one book and no reading devices, not even its own Nook e-reader.

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